The Joint Border Operation Drill, Sector 3, has said it has saved the federal government N703 million within two months of its operations in North Central Nigeria.
Acting coordinator of the Joint Border Operation Drill, Sector 3, Compt. Garba Mohammed, said Thursday in Ilorin that the figure represented the monetary value of goods seized by the team since inception in December 2019.
Sector 3 of the task force covers Benue, Kogi, Kwara and Niger states.
Mohammed explained that the goods excluded the number of illicit weapons recovered from suspects during the period under review.
”We have seized 12,255 bags of rice; 252 litres of petrol; 6, 617 litres of diesel; 177 vehicles; 80 motor vehicles and repatriated 160 illegal immigrants.
”We also recovered 11 illicit weapons which include five single barrels, one locally made pistol and cartridges.
”The weapons recovered have been handed over to ‘A’ Division Police Station in Kontagora and another one in Kogi ‘A’ Division,” Mohammed said. (NAN)
